The Lion and the Boar

One hot and thirsty day in the height of summer a Lion and a
Boar came down to a little spring at the same moment to drink. In a
trice they were quarrelling as to who should drink first. The
quarrel soon became a fight and they attacked one another with the
utmost fury. Presently, stopping for a moment to take breath, they
saw some vultures seated on a rock above evidently waiting for one
of them to be killed, when they would fly down and feed upon the
carcase. The sight sobered them at once, and they made up their
quarrel, saying, "We had much better be friends than fight and be
eaten by vultures."